I Â don't tie my char's accomplishments or abilities to in game mechanics.
Hammer's a siege smith and a gearhead, but most of his real "power" sits in his ability to grease the wheels of a war machine and get large-scale logistical work churning out weapons and war supplies on a large, ugly, mass blacksmithing scale.
There's no in game equivalent class for that. Â Blacksmithing exists, but it's not going to stock a platoon's armor racks anywhere in game. Â It means he knows a bit about black powder, but doesn't mean we now have trebuchets or cannons in game outside of the Ishgarde instances.
Conversely I'm working on culinarian with Hammer, and he is NOT A GOOD COOK (Unless it's meat). Â He enjoys singing and song but I'm never going to call him a bard and will probably never level the class. Having (some) of the points of a class does not require you to have that class leveled.
In short a char's life experience isn't defined by game mechanics. Â Really you can claim anything and bam, it is. Â The trick is, as it always is in RP, knowing what not to claim and embracing the flaws/shortcomings/lack of knowledge in your char and making THAT fun as well.
Hammer's a siege smith and a gearhead, but most of his real "power" sits in his ability to grease the wheels of a war machine and get large-scale logistical work churning out weapons and war supplies on a large, ugly, mass blacksmithing scale.
There's no in game equivalent class for that. Â Blacksmithing exists, but it's not going to stock a platoon's armor racks anywhere in game. Â It means he knows a bit about black powder, but doesn't mean we now have trebuchets or cannons in game outside of the Ishgarde instances.
Conversely I'm working on culinarian with Hammer, and he is NOT A GOOD COOK (Unless it's meat). Â He enjoys singing and song but I'm never going to call him a bard and will probably never level the class. Having (some) of the points of a class does not require you to have that class leveled.
In short a char's life experience isn't defined by game mechanics. Â Really you can claim anything and bam, it is. Â The trick is, as it always is in RP, knowing what not to claim and embracing the flaws/shortcomings/lack of knowledge in your char and making THAT fun as well.
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